Yea, without some broader context it is hard to understand why anyone should care about this book or the Dever tweet. But Paul is right. If Dever is advocating reading this book because Dever sees the account as a Christian state ideal. That is profoundly troubling.
The significance of Edward Johnson account of New England’s theocracy is that he was part rank and file. He was no ideologue, meaning he wasn’t advocating doctrine. He wasn’t a preacher teaching. He was regurgitating in practical terms what the Puritan ideologues had long taught. He was reflecting the socio political assumptions held by his contemporaries. His account is a testimony to pervasive nature of the Puritans religious totalitarian mindset and the values they deliberately sought to advance in all facets of their world.
Reading this work (Which I recommend see link below) with an ounce of critical review will illustrate Paul’s correct judgment: the Puritans were an evil, murderous bunch of tyrants. They should be morally condemned and their doctrine abolished within the church with the same fervor that we condemn militant Islam, for the exact same reasons. And we should do the same to every thug behind the Plexiglas podium who advocates their ideas as a Christian ideal.
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And just in case some Neo Reformed zeolite would like to dodge the implications by suggesting Edward Johnson’s work isn’t really true. Johnson’s authenticity and accuracy has been vetted by subsequent scholarship. There are some minor problems with attribution and sources, but the bulk of the events have never been called into question.
The PDF’s forward (linked below) addresses some of the scholastic issues but it confirms my assertion: the work reflects the fundamental presumption of the New England tyranny. And the author J. Franklin Jameson is sympathetic to the Puritans. He sees some virtue in what they did. >shiver< So it isn’t like his credibility is suspect on the finer points of scholarship.
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So was dever advocating reading this book?
was there more context to this tweet?
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It’s Dever’s way of showing us how read he is in the deep intellect of the Puritans. Gag.
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Maybe he didn’t read it or his answer is, “So what?”.
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A Mom,
Yea, without some broader context it is hard to understand why anyone should care about this book or the Dever tweet. But Paul is right. If Dever is advocating reading this book because Dever sees the account as a Christian state ideal. That is profoundly troubling.
The significance of Edward Johnson account of New England’s theocracy is that he was part rank and file. He was no ideologue, meaning he wasn’t advocating doctrine. He wasn’t a preacher teaching. He was regurgitating in practical terms what the Puritan ideologues had long taught. He was reflecting the socio political assumptions held by his contemporaries. His account is a testimony to pervasive nature of the Puritans religious totalitarian mindset and the values they deliberately sought to advance in all facets of their world.
Reading this work (Which I recommend see link below) with an ounce of critical review will illustrate Paul’s correct judgment: the Puritans were an evil, murderous bunch of tyrants. They should be morally condemned and their doctrine abolished within the church with the same fervor that we condemn militant Islam, for the exact same reasons. And we should do the same to every thug behind the Plexiglas podium who advocates their ideas as a Christian ideal.
* * *
And just in case some Neo Reformed zeolite would like to dodge the implications by suggesting Edward Johnson’s work isn’t really true. Johnson’s authenticity and accuracy has been vetted by subsequent scholarship. There are some minor problems with attribution and sources, but the bulk of the events have never been called into question.
The PDF’s forward (linked below) addresses some of the scholastic issues but it confirms my assertion: the work reflects the fundamental presumption of the New England tyranny. And the author J. Franklin Jameson is sympathetic to the Puritans. He sees some virtue in what they did. >shiver< So it isn’t like his credibility is suspect on the finer points of scholarship.
Click to access cu31924028814452.pdf
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